Soar Into the Sky. Chapter 4.
A/N: Hey guys! ^_^ Hikari here again! I don't have much time to write anymore but I'll try. I'm in track, softball, horseback riding and newspaper so that means I'm after school everyday. Lol XD.
Nekoneko423: Thank you so much for the review. To be honest, I'm not to happy about cutting his beautiful hair either -_- He might re-dye it soon. I can imagine Rosette giving him a super-noogie-attack for doing all that crap to his hair. Thanks for the review and keep reading! By the way, awesome pen name. It makes me think of Shader ^_^
Disclaimer: Hikari does not own Chrono Crusade or any of it's characters. It belongs to Daisuke Moriyama-sama.
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Rosette opened her eyes to the dream world. Everything was fuzzy like a thick fog had rolled in. The corners of her vision were even cloudier making it harder to see. To make it worse, something had bound her hands, feet and mouth.
She could barley see a small boy sprinted as fast as his tiny legs could take him across a grassy field. His crimson eyes were wide in fear. A huge shadow loomed towards him faster then he could run. The fog made it impossible for Rosette to make out what or who the shadow was. The small boy tried hard to run faster but his lungs couldn't fill itself with the icy cold air. The boy pushed himself faster but his legs kept tripping over themselves. Finally, the small boy tripped and fell to his hands and knees. Rosette was unable to run over. She tried to yell but her voice was muffled by the gag in her mouth. The boy pushed himself up and kept crawling. The shadow was upon him. With an agonized scream filled the air everything went dark.
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Angry voices pierced through Rosette's dream. She gasped and shot up on the stiff couch and sat up slowly. She panted for a second and tried to grasp the fact that the vision she had seen had been fake. Despite the fact that the images had been foggy and hard to make out it had all seemed very life like. She could feel the bitter taste of the gag in her mouth and the rope digging into her skin. She could also feel the helplessness and fear that she had felt for the boy as if it had been real.
She tried to recall the events before she fell asleep. She remembered she had found Chrono and he had rescued her from the guys. She also remembered talking to him and then taking a nap thanks to Chronos insistence. She had been grateful though. As much as she didn't want to admit it, she had been exhausted.
She heard Chrono talking to a person by the door. He sounded angry. The voices snapped Rosette back to reality. Rosette couldn't see who the person was since the door was around the corner. A woman's voice interrupted Chrono. She sounded angry as well. Jealously flashed through Rosette making her blush. Why should she be jealousy? Chrono is only her friend. There was nothing between her and the purple…no orange haired man.
"What are you doing in a dump like this? This place is disgraceful! I can't believe I'm even standing in here!" the woman yelled. Her voice was thick in a German accent.
"I'm old enough to do what I want now!" Chrono shot back. His voice was quieter then the loud woman but it still sounded angry which surprised Rosette. She always had remembered Chrono as a soft spoken person who never raised his voice unless someone was mean to Rosette or Joshua. Rosette wanted to know what else had changed about her friend.
"Is this how you choose to thank my family after all we've done for you? You look like a bum! I can't believe you live in such a rat hole! And what the heck did you do to your hair? Are you on drugs or something?" the woman yelled harshly.
"What! No! I'm not on drugs!" Chrono quickly said. Rosette found herself doubting that. Earlier that day he had ran pretty fast while he had been carrying her. Maybe he was on steroids or something.
"I still can't believe you would just run away after my family has taken you into our family!" the woman said bitterly. There was a slight pause before Chrono replied. His voice was softer, barley auditable to Rosette.
"I did this to protect you and Florette. So please...turn around and walk away." Chrono said. It was silent for a few moments which surprised Rosette. The woman at the door must be related to Sister Kate somehow. Sister Kate yelled just as much as the woman at the door. Perhaps they were related.
"Chrono, I don't know what your thinking but Florette and I want you home. This is no place for you to live. You've lost weight and you look dead tired. This is not a suitable place for you to live. There's hardly any furniture here. Come back with me and I'll take care of you" the woman said softly. There was a silence. Rosette quickly jumped up. She had to stop Chrono from leaving! She hadn't worked this hard for years just to let him wiggle out of her grasp just after she found him. She hurried to the door and pretended to look like she just woke up.
"Chrono, who's at the door?" she asked rubbing her eyes. Her mouth gaped at a fake yawn. A tall woman looked at her from behind Chrono. She had long red hair like a flame licking up her body. Her eyes were brown like chocolate and she had squeezed her thin body into an even smaller green dress with fur around the shoulders. The dress complimented her figure and made her breasts look enormous. Jealousy shot through Rosette again.
"Rosette this is the daughter of the people who adopted me." Chrono responded. A strange sense of relief shot through Rosette.
"The names Satella. Satella Harvenheit" the woman said. Rosette blinked trying to remember if she asked. She did have a habit of talking without knowing.
"I'm Rosette Christopher" Rosette told the red head.
"Chrono, your not having sex are you? Because if you are, we're going to have a little talk! And you better be using protection!" Satella said to Chrono who's eyes widened in surprise.
"Satella, I 'm not having sex!" Chrono said quickly. Satella looked at Rosette critically. Satella nodded in agreement.
"Your right. She still has the dumb, innocent look to her eyes. Her hair is messy but believe me if she had with someone with your looks she'd have this look on her face that I can't explain. Oh well, you'll see it someday Chrono." Satella said. Satella looked back to Chrono, immediately dismissing Rosette.
"Liebchen, please come home. Let us take care of you" Satella said. Chrono shut his eyes almost painfully. Rosette tried to figure out why he would look like that. Was it because she was holding him back. But what about what he said earlier. Chrono wasn't a liar. Rosette knew that from experience.
"I'm sorry Satella, but I'm staying here. Please understand that there is something I need to do here." Chrono said. Satella sighed.
"Normally, I would force you to come home but considering circumstances, I'll let you stay. But I want to be in touch and you know you can always come back!" Satella said.
"Thank you Satella. Say hi to Florette for me" Chrono said.
"I will. Take care Chrono" Satella said.
"Bye" Chrono said. The red head turned and left. Chrono sighed and ran his hand through his short orange hair.
"What's wrong?" Rosette asked.
"I can't go back with you Rosette" Chrono said. "Not now"
"Why not?" Rosette said quickly fearing the worse.
"I had told those guys earlier that they would pay for hurting you! I don't go back on my word. Ever" Chrono said. The way he said it and avoided her gaze made Rosette think there was something more but the way his eyes looked stopped her from pushing the subject. His eyes looked haunted and slightly shadowed. She remembered the raw pain that had been visible when she brought up the subject of his family. What he had said earlier to Satella about protecting her also proved that he must have a secret or something. Rosette felt like she hardly knew her best friend anymore. Before, she had known what he felt and thought. She knew him better then anyone, even himself. Now she only had vague ideas. It was like he was hiding something from her. Rosette wanted to take the pain away from him. She didn't want him to suffer anymore then he already did.
"Chrono, do you have any plans tonight?" Rosette asked. An evil grin creped up on her face.
"No. Why do you ask?" Chrono replied. Rosette giggled.
"We're going to have some fun tonight!" Rosette grinned. (For those who know this, think of Grell Sutcliffe when she grins. For those who don't know what I'm talking about, watch Kuroshitsuji or Google it. )
"Rosette," Chrono said warily. "What are we doing?" he asked.
"We're going to a club" she said.
A/N: Hey guys! I just though of an awesome way to get you guys to review! ^_^. Ready? Are you ready ready ready? Sorry, I'm super hyper. My idea is that I (what's a good word?...) require one review for each chapter or I won't post the next chapter until I get a review. That doesn't sound mean does it? Anyway, the real plot is just beginning. I need to hatch an evil little plan for the club. I really enjoyed writing this chapter because of Satella's questions. LOL. I need to do more like that. Anyway, thanks for reading and don't forget to review!